Shift Star Shipping from Factory Pro -
We were down to 1 or 2 vfr stars in December. The OP just missed getting the last one.
We ordered replacement star stock from our machinist 6 months ago. With the complexity of the job, it's a complicated to run and we can't just run to a different machinist. Anyway, finally, the end of May they get machined and sent out to heat treat - back at Factory Pro on about the 2nd.
Many many retail and distributor orders to fill and by the 5th of June, we had all the distributor orders and most of the retail orders shipped. We specially prioritized a few orders.
Distributors usually have immediate stock in-house to sell from and they can get it to a dealer in a day or two and that's at least as quick as we would do (and def less expensive). In this case, I could see how a completely out of stock item would take longer to get to a dealer and then to a customer.
We might have to ship (5 days) to an east coast warehouse, checked in (1-2 days) and then to a dealer (a day or so).
As far as a "tipping point" to order vff800 (and rc45) stars - nope - we reorder when we get low.
Best Regards
Marc Salvisberg Factory Pro Tuning
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